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Big Brother is getting help

jumpinjoe said:
Funny you say this ... but every laptop I've ever bought with a camera in the top/lid/cover I've covered with a piece of masking tape before even powering the computer up. Not because I'm afraid of the camera spying on me necessarily, but because I'm not computer literate enough to ensure myself that I'm controlling it.

And I never have plans to allow an 'Alexa' inside my home. Again not because I'm particularly afraid of it (is that the correct pronoun?) spying, but because I'm not sure I'm capable of controlling it/her appropriately. LOL! jj
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Just out if you get one of these floor cleaning robots. Don't hit the red button too many times. That turns on the self-defense mode.

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SimonRL said:
I named mine BassBob it keeps looking for my hidden shotguns.
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We have a fleet. Funny story. It's kinda like the cat my daughter left with us while she was between living arrangements. When she dropped him off I told my wife I wasn't happy about it. When she came to pick him back up a month later I had renamed him Jeff and informed her she wouldn't be getting her cat back. That was 2016. He's napping on the kitchen counter right this minute.

Anyway, we got the damn robot and I hated the thing. It came with barrier sensors which the wife deployed to keep it out of the bathroom and the dining room. One day I walk into the kitchen and see "Unit one" repeatedly slamming into the sensor. Like 6 or 7 times. I exclaimed "WTF?". Unit one immediately spun in a circle and retreated to the front room and docked himself. I was in shock. The F'in thing had clearly became sentient.

After several uncomfortable years of disparate service, Unit One began making a weird noise. The wife is very diligent about emptying the tray, disassembling the unit and cleaning all the working parts. We figured Unit One was about 4 years old and had outlived his usefulness, though he still appeared to be doing an adequate job. Enter Unit Two. Newer, faster, significantly quieter. The wife was set to discard Unit One after cannibalizing him for parts. Strangely I had grown attached to Unit One though and insisted we keep him intact, so the wife bought a motor off eBay for $30 and repaired him. That was maybe 3 years ago and Unit One is still in service, although I think, much like after William was rebooted on Another Life, he is not the same unit. He no longer smashes into sensors or magically appears under my feet without being called into service. Unit one services the front area of the house and Unit Two services the kitchen and dining room. The wife doesn't know it yet, but soon Unit Three will be pressed into service.

I'm anxiously awaiting the day I am able to reconfigure Unit One as a Robot Attack Vaccuum.
 
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